10th Synod

...8.27 [3] Prior Synodal Legislation 1832-1912, MC 100, B1 F1 [4] Ordo Synodi 1934, MC 100, B1 F12 [5] Letter from Gerald McDevitt to priest of the Archdiocese, 03/08/1963, MC 100, B2 F6 [6] Central Commission Revision of Statues, January 28, 1966, MC 100, B3 F14 [7] “10th Synod Begins

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Manuscript Collections

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia records include the extant official correspondence of all of the bishops and archbishops of Philadelphia up to the present. The bishops' collections are rather small up to the episcopacy of Dennis Cardinal Dougherty (1918-1951), when the volume of his and subsequent collections increases significantly. Post-1920 materials

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Liturgical Music and Peter LaManna

...LaManna continued to serve the Archdiocese until he passed away on January 16, 1990. The collection covers the career of Dr. Peter LaManna from his time at the Reading Choral Society in the mid-1960s to his leadership of the Archdiocese’s Liturgical Music office and beyond. It is subdivided into many

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Cardinal John P. Foley

...and St. Joseph’s College (now University). He was ordained a priest on May 19, 1962 by then-Archbishop John Krol. John P. Foley, circa 1964 His earliest assignments were Sacred Heart in Havertown and St. John the Evangelist Parish in Philadelphia, and also studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas

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